MODULE G: OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT SPECIAL NEEDS & DISABILITIES
IN THIS MODULE:
- CAUTIONS
- GENERAL/COMPREHENSIVE
- ADAPTED SPORTS
- ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY
- AUTISM
- BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED
- DEAF/HARD OF HEARING
- FOOD ALLERGIES
- INTELLECTUAL/COGNITIVE
- LEARNING DISORDERS
- MENTAL HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL
- PHYSICAL/MOBILITY
- SPEECH/LANGUAGE
CAUTIONS
As you seek to serve a Scout with a disability or a family member, you may want to look at outside sources beyond the BSA Inclusion Toolbox. If you reach out to others to discuss a specific situation, do not provide the name of the person you are discussing, or any personally identifiable information.
It is nearly impossible to assemble a list of organizations that is complete for every purpose. The organizations and websites in this list have a national or international presence. Many of these organizations also have local or state affiliates or chapters that may be able to provide additional local resources. There are also countless local organizations that serve people with special needs and disabilities that are not connected to a national organization. If you are not able to find them on the internet, we suggest you network with the special education department of your local public school system or the local office of the rehabilitative services agency for your state or jurisdiction.
You may feel we made some omissions here. There are many well-known organizations that primarily serve professionals in the medical, therapeutic, or educational communities. To be included in these lists, the organization’s web presence needed to show that they made a public education effort as well as a professional education effort.
These lists have been sorted (imperfectly) into categories. When an organization serves needs in more than one category it has been listed in more than one category.
The website addresses were last verified in August 2019.
GENERAL/COMPREHENSIVE
AbleData
Administration for Community Living
103 W. Broad Street, Suite 400
Falls Church, VA 22046
800-227-0216
TTY: 301-608-8912
abledata.com
American Academy of Pediatrics
aap.org
healthychildren.org/english/health-issues/conditions
Center for Parent Information & Resources
c/o SPAN
35 Halsey St., 4th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973-642-8100
parentcenterhub.org/resourcelibrary
Centers for Disease Control
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
800-232-4636
cdc.gov/ncbddd/index.html
Disability Is Natural
BraveHeart Press
P.O. Box 39076
San Antonio, TX 78218
210-320-0678
disabilityisnatural.com
Easter Seals
233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60606
800-221-6827
easterseals.com
Office of Disability Employment Policy
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington DC 20210
866-487-2365
dol.gov/odep
Office of Special Education Programs
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202
800-872-5327
www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
TASH (Disabilities Advocacy)
2013 H St. NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20006
202-540-9020
tash.org
National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability
4000 Ridgeway Drive
Birmingham, AL 35209
800-900-8086
nchpad.org
National Organization on Disability
77 Water St., Suite 204
New York, NY 10005
646-505-1191
nod.org
National Rehabilitation Information Center
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
800-346-2742
TTY: 301-459-5984
naric.com
World Institute on Disability
3075 Adeline Street, Suite 155
Berkeley, CA 94703
510-225-6400
wid.org
ADAPTED SPORTS
BlazeSports America
1670 Oakbrook Dr., Suite 331
Norcross, GA 30093
404-270-2000
blazesports.org
Disabled Sports USA
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 100
Rockville, MD 20850
301-217-0960
disabledsportsusa.org
International Blind Sports Federation
Nijenheim 2419
3704 VJ Zeist
The Netherlands
ibsasport.org
Special Olympics International
133 19th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036-3604
202-628-3604
800-700-8585
specialolympics.org
United States Association of Blind Athletes
1 Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
719-866-3224
usaba.org
USA Deaf Sports Federation
P.O. Box 2011
Santa Fe, NM 87502
usadeafsports.org
U.S. Paralympics Team
United States Olympic Committee
One Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
888-222-2313
teamusa.org
Wheelchair and Ambulatory Sports USA
P.O. Box 621023
Littleton, CO 80162
720-412-7979
adaptivesportsusa.org
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
National Resource Center on ADHD
4601 President Dr., Suite 300
Lanham, MD 20706
800-233-4050
chadd.org
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
P.O. Box 7557
Wilmington, DE 19803-9997
800-939-1019
add.org
AUTISM
The Autism Society
4340 East-West Highway, Suite 350
Bethesda, MD 20814
800-328-8476
Autism Speaks
1 E. 33rd S., Fourth Floor
New York, NY 10016
888-288-4762
autismspeaks.org
Autism Empowerment
P.O. Box 67167
Vancouver, WA 98681
360-852-8369
AutismAndScouting.org
BLIND/LOW VISION
American Printing House for the Blind Inc.
P.O. Box 6085
1839 Frankfort Ave.
Louisville, KY 40206-0085
502-895-2405
aph.org
Bookshare
480 S. California Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650-352-0198
bookshare.org
Guide Dogs for the Blind
P.O. Box 151200
San Rafael, CA 94915-1200
800-295-4050
guidedogs.com
International Blind Sports Federation
Nijenheim 2419
3704 VJ Zeist
The Netherlands
ibsasport.org
National Federation of the Blind
200 E. Wells Street at Jernigan’s Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-659-9314
nfb.org
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
1291 Taylor St. NW
Washington, DC 20542
800-424-8567
TDD: 202-707-0744
United States Association of Blind Athletes
1 Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
719-866-3224
usaba.org
American Foundation for the Blind
2 Penn Plaza, Suite 1102
New York, NY 10121
212-502-7600
afb.org
American Council of the Blind
1703 N. Beauregard St., Suite 420
Arlington, VA 22201
800-424-8666
acb.org/blind-low-vision-resources
DEAF/HARD OF HEARING
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
3417 Volta Place, WW
Washington, D.C. 20007
202-337-5220
agbell.org
American Society for Deaf Children
PO Box 23
Woodbine, MD 21797
800-942-2732
deafchildren.org
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Blvd
Rockville, MD 20850-3289
800-638-8255
ASHA.org
Described and Captioned Media Program
National Association of the Deaf
1447 E. Main Street
Spartanburg SC 29307
800-237-6213
DCMP.org
Hearing Loss Association of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-657-2248
hearingloss.org
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-651-5855
www3.gallaudet.edu/clerc-center.html
National Association of the Deaf
8630 Fenton St., Suite 820
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3819
301-587-1788
TTY: 301-587-1789
nad.org
National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes
The University of Texas at Austin
College of Education SZB 228
1912 Speedway D4900
Austin TX 78712-1284
512- 471-8283
nationaldeafcenter.org
National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320
Bethesda, MD USA 20892-2320
800-241-1044
USA Deaf Sports Federation
P.O. Box 2011
Santa Fe, NM 87502
usadeafsports.org
FOOD ALLERGIES
Food Allergy Research & Education
7901 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 240
McLean, VA 22102
800-929-4040
Foodallergy.org
INTELLECTUAL
American Stroke Association
(div. of American Heart Association)
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
800-242-8721
stroke.org
The ARC
1825 K Street NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20006
202-534-3700
800-433-5255
thearc.org
Brain Injury Association of America
1608 Spring Hill Road, Suite 110
Vienna, VA 22182
703-761-0750
biausa.org
United Cerebral Palsy
1825 K Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
800-872-5827
ucp.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
P.O. Box 4527
New York, NY 10163
800-344-4867
nationalmssociety.org
National Down Syndrome Society
8 E. 41st Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10017
800-221-4602
ndss.org
National Down Syndrome Congress
30 Mansell Court, Suite 108
Roswell, GA 30076
800-232-6372
ndsccenter.org
LEARNING DISORDERS
Bookshare
480 S. California Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650-352-0198
bookshare.org
International Dyslexia Association
40 York Road, Fourth Floor
Baltimore, MD 21204
410-296-0232
dyslexiaida.org
Learning Disabilities Association of America
4156 Library Road
Pittsburg, PA 15234-1349
412-341-1515
ldaamerica.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities
32 Laight St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10013
888-575-7373
ncld.org
understood.org
MENTAL HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL
Child Mind Institute
101 E. 56th Street
New York, NY 10022
212-308-3118
childmind.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness
3803 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100
Arlington, VA 22203
703-524-7600
nami.org
Mental Health America
2000 N. Beauregard St., Sixth Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
800-969-6642
TTY: 800-433-5959
mentalhealthamerica.net
Mental Health First Aid
National Council for Behavioral Health
888-244-8980, ext. 5
nationalcouncil.org
mentalhealthfirstaid.org
Therapy Dogs International
88 Bartley Road
Flanders, NJ 07836
973-252-9800
tdi-dog.org
PHYSICAL/MOBILITY
American Stroke Association
(div. of American Heart Association)
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
800-242-8721
stroke.org
BlazeSports America
1670 Oakbrook Dr., Suite 331
Norcross, GA 30093
404-270-2000
blazesports.org
Brain Injury Association of America
1608 Spring Hill Road, Suite 110
Vienna, VA 22182
703-761-0750
biausa.org
Helping Hands
541 Cambridge St.
Boston, MA 02134
617-787-4419
monkeyhelpers.org
International Ventilator Users Network
4207 Lindell Blvd. #110
Saint Louis, MO 63108
314-534-6475
ventusers.org
Spina Bifida Association
1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 800
Arlington, Virginia 22209
800-621-3141
spinabifidaassociation.org
United Spinal Association
120-34 Queens Blvd. #320
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
718-803-3782
unitedspinal.org
United Cerebral Palsy
1825 K Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
800-872-5827
ucp.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
P.O. Box 4527
New York, NY 10163
800-344-4867
nationalmssociety.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association-USA
National Headquarters
222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60606
800-572-1717
mdausa.org
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
1291 Taylor St. NW
Washington, DC 20542
800-424-8567
TDD: 202-707-0744
loc.gov/nls
SPEECH/LANGUAGE
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Blvd
Rockville, MD 20850-3289
800-638-8255
ASHA.org
American Stroke Association
(div. of American Heart Association)
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
800-242-8721
stroke.org
Brain Injury Association of America
1608 Spring Hill Road, Suite 110
Vienna, VA 22182
703-761-0750
biausa.org
National Down Syndrome Congress
30 Mansell Court, Suite108
Roswell, GA 30076
800-232-6372
ndsccenter.org
Able Scouts 